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Finally saw one of those goofy new mail trucks in the wild! I don't usually get starstruck, but...

Project Hail Mary 2 must explain why Rocky speaks the same language as idling electric cars

A Coca-Cola mini-can with labeled Oregon, with a star and the silhouette of a leafed flower

Should Coca-Cola be commended for its deep-dive into Oregon symbology, or does it owe the state an redo? www.oregonlive.com/retail/2026/...

My fun fact for the day is that it's been 26 years since the WNBA expansion draft feautred multiple teams.

2006: Sky
2008: Dream
2025: Valkyries

The 2000 expansion draft included 4 teams and one of them was also the Portland Fire.

No more pencils, no more books? In Oregon, pushback is growing on screen time during school In Beaverton, pilot programs to curb the use of Chromebooks and iPads are underway.

The cellphone wars have receded in Oregon schools, but there's growing concern about another vector for screen time and distraction — on school-issued laptops. Julia Silverman reports:

The main "No Kings" protest has stayed far from Portland's ICE facility, but at least some protesters plan to head there after. A last-minute appeal failed to sway appellate court judges, so court-ordered tear gas restrictions remain paused. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...

People with protest signs shown gathered near a Portland bridge

Estimated 30,000 turn out for Portland "No Kings" march, with dozens of other protests planned across Oregon. Live updates: www.oregonlive.com/pacific-nort...

Oregon communities are allocating land for 9,100 acres of new data centers — including the state's first "exascale" project, an Amazon site near Boardman that could be the size of 1,000 football fields and use up to 1,300 gallons of water per minute.

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Moving 27,000 pounds of film history: Inside Movie Madness’s enormous relocation Movie Madness, Portland’s last video store, will relocate in 2027 to a larger space, anchoring a new Film District with the Hollywood Theatre.

Movie Madness, Portland’s last video store, will relocate in 2027 to a larger space, anchoring a new Film District with the Hollywood Theatre.

Push for Portland footwear hub won’t move forward, officials say An ambitious plan to bring sneaker manufacturing to Portland’s Old Town neighborhood appears to be dead in the water.

An ambitious plan to bring sneaker manufacturing to Portland’s Old Town neighborhood appears to be dead in the water.

Harmony rolls on her back for a belly rub.

Sweet baby girl Harmony has 0 applications for adoption. #Portland, let's get this sweet girl her forever home. She's so friendly and loveable. www.otatpdx.org/dogs/harmony

I cannot agree with this editorial more. We need MORE transparency, not less. When I first came to Oregon, I was so impressed by its public records/public access laws. This is a giant step backward for journalists, on behalf of the audience they serve

A view of a wide, busy street with a bus that reads "20 to Beaverton TC"

This 12-mile corridor reveals the price of Portland’s housing crisis: Coming over the next several days from Jonathan Bach, a series of dispatches from Burnside Street

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Buildings in an Old West style downtown

Debts might actually kill an Oregon ‘ghost town,’ so it’s trying to sell City Hall

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Oregon lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a one-year moratorium on data centers’ eligibility for one major property tax break this week, the first time the state has taken any step to rein in the industry's extraordinary incentives.

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Over the last decade, employment at factories supplying the world’s largest athletic apparel brand expanded dramatically in regions of Indonesia where, according to one leading estimate, the minimum wage is less than the amount workers need to live on. theoregonian.visitlink.me/BrrRlx

A judge in a courtroom

Multnomah County's district attorney sidelined a local judge from hearing serious felony cases, a time-out that's lasted months. His justification hasn't been reported until now, by @zane.bsky.social: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...

Sap drips from a tap in a tree

The Northeast has long monopolized domestic maple syrup production, but some in the Northwest are hoping to tap the market — with a more complex syrup derived from native bigleaf maple trees. @jamiehale.bsky.social reports: www.oregonlive.com/business/202...

Federal officers violating policy by firing pepper balls, using pepper spray against passive protesters

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The Oregon Legislature is moving toward imposing a 1-year moratorium on major new tax breaks for data centers.

This is a big, surprising reversal. Gov. Kotek had been pushing to expand data center inventives.

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As Oregon's data center tax breaks have grown they've become more expensive to manage.

Counties want help covering those costs. They're not getting it, so they're opposing Gov. Kotek's economic development bill (which further expands data centers' tax breaks.)

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You can buy tickets for this Portland music festival now, priced between $125 and $500.

But just two months out, Soundscape Northwest only has a few venues on board, and it's missing required permits. Vendors and venues say they haven't been paid.

@lizzyacker.bsky.social reports:

Gov. Kotek says data centers’ impact on Oregon is “not sustainable” at the current growth rate, citing impacts on water, energy and community resources.

But she's pushing ahead to expand tax breaks through a program that primarily benefits data centers.

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Much bigger data center tax breaks on deck in Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek’s bill Data centers' Oregon tax breaks were worth nearly $500 million last year. They could be much bigger in the future.

Many states are considering reining in tax breaks for data centers, citing rising energy costs and environmental impacts.

Gov. Tina Kotek's economic development bill would take Oregon in the other direction, substantially boosting the state's data center giveaways.

The mystery of the Les Schwab pinball machine: how a tire company prop ended up in an Astoria arcade The custom game, featuring plastic “free beef” steaks and company slogans, can be played at Galactix arcade on the Oregon coast.

This is the kind of quirky, insightful, distinctly Oregon bit of whimsy that only @editorswindler.bsky.social can deliver.

Portland airport’s latest terminal renovation will fix one lingering annoyance The roughly 300,000 square feet of space includes new storefronts, big art and, crucially, a faster walk to baggage claim.

PDX is getting ready to unveil the newest additions to its main terminal: roughly 300,000 square feet of space on both ends that will include new storefronts, bathrooms, a revamped baggage claim and, yes, shorter walks to the exits.

Self-driving cars, limits on needle handouts: These are among the dozens of bills that are dead in Oregon’s short session The pile of discarded bills began to grow in the past week as two key deadlines came and went.

Dozens of bills are dead in the Oregon Legislature today after a key deadline. From self-driving taxis to restrictions on needle distribution, here's what didn't make the cut.

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